Proverbs 26:1-5

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

26 Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,
    so honour is not fitting for a fool.
² Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
    an undeserved curse goes nowhere.
³ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
    and a rod for the back of fools.
⁴ Do not answer fools according to their folly,
    or you will be a fool yourself.
⁵ Answer fools according to their folly,
    or they will be wise in their own eyes.